What is added to the resin when printing and dyeing Liquidambar formosana?

When printing and dyeing Liquidambar formosana, add proper amount of butter to the old Liquidambar formosana resin.

Liquidambar formosana printing and dyeing is a unique folk handicraft skill. The technological process is as follows: firstly, adding proper amount of butter into the old Liquidambar formosana resin, decocting with slow fire, and filtering to form Liquidambar formosana oil; Then dip the brush in instant maple sesame oil and draw a pattern on the self-woven white cloth; Then soaking in indigo, degreasing with boiling water, rinsing with clear water, drying in the sun, and grinding. The materials used in the printing and dyeing process of Liquidambar formosana are all taken from nature, and the main materials are extracted from Liquidambar formosana, hence the name.

This unique handicraft with a history of 120 years has a long history and is still popular in Huishui, Majiang and other areas in Guizhou Province. Buyi people who live here flexibly apply the printing and dyeing technology of Liquidambar formosana to their lives. No matter dresses, ornaments, sheets and daily necessities, they all display the exquisite printing and dyeing technology of Liquidambar formosana. When local people marry their daughters, they use the number of quilts dyed with Liquidambar formosana to express their love for their daughters.

The steps of printing and dyeing Liquidambar formosana:

1, cloth selection

The traditional printing and dyeing works of Liquidambar formosana mostly use self-woven homespun, and then choose the size of the cloth to cut according to the purpose.

Step 2 make maple sesame oil

Liquidambar formosana oil is mainly composed of Liquidambar formosana resin and butter, of which Liquidambar formosana resin is secreted by local maple trees. The rainy season every year is the best time to collect Liquidambar formosana resin. At this time, the Liquidambar formosana trees are flourishing, and resin secretion is the most vigorous time of the year.

To make Liquidambar formosana sesame oil, put Liquidambar formosana resin in a hot iron pot, add the same amount of butter after the Liquidambar formosana resin is completely dissolved, and then stir it in the pot with a small stick to make them fully dissolve and penetrate each other. The addition of butter increased the toughness of Liquidambar formosana resin, and at this time, Liquidambar formosana resin completed a gorgeous turn, which made the fabric easier to degrease after dyeing.

3, modulation dye

Liquidambar formosana uses a plant dye-indigo, also called indigo, which is made from the leaves of the plant evergreen after processing and extracting pigment. The key to indigo production is the proportion of lime, and the control of the proportion is very important, neither too much nor too little, and the handling of this control experience directly affects the quality of indigo coloring.

Step 4 draw a pattern

Liquidambar formosana printing and dyeing has no reference to any pattern or grain when drawing patterns, either curved or straight, thick or thin. Fine food printing and dyeing patterns depend on one pair of hands and experience.

Step 5 dye ...

Dip the painted works in the dye vat with pre-adjusted dyes. When the work is completely soaked, it will sink into the tank. After two or three hours, the work will be picked up and hung dry, so that the dye on the cloth can fully contact with the air and oxidize it. After three times of immersion, with the deepening of each immersion, the work has a kind of elegant and heavy tone. Finally, after degreasing and boiling water drying, a beautiful printing and dyeing work of Liquidambar formosana appears.

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